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Furanni Equips Women in Kano’s Ghari Community to Recognise Prolonged Labour and Seek Timely Care

Oct 15, 2026
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Nigeria Must Turn Maternal Health Commitments into Functioning Care

Oct 14, 2026
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New Lassa Fever Evidence To Shape Vaccine Research And Outbreak Preparedness Across West Africa

Oct 12, 2026
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WHO Pandemic Hub sets ambitious goal to detect new outbreaks within 24 hours

Oct 12, 2026
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In Kenya, a Community Programme Supports Adolescent Mothers in Korogocho

Oct 12, 2026
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AbbaCare Insurance Brings Healthcare Solutions Within Reach of Kano’s Sickle Cell Patients

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 2, 2025

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Nusaiba Idris Muhammad, 23, lives with her low-income family in Shagari Quarters, Kano. She battles with the life-threatening symptoms of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), as well as the high medical bills that comes with it. “In one visit to the hospital when drugs are prescribed for me, my family spends at […]

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NHEA 2025 Announces PharmAccess SafeCare Award Categories; Unveils Nominees

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 2, 2025

The Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA) has announced the PharmAccess Foundation SafeCare Award categories as part of the upcoming NHEA 2025, making a decade of strategic collaboration between NHEA and PharmAccess Foundation. This long-standing partnership continually beams a spotlight on healthcare facilities that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to quality improvement and performance on the internationally […]

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Ending Period Poverty in Nigeria: The Role Men Must Now Play

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 30, 2025

Precious Ajayi and Favour Ani (Lead Writers) For Hannah, a 13-year-old student in Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1), the arrival of her monthly period is a source of dread. Every month, she misses school rather than face the humiliating possibility of staining her uniform, which she fears would result in stigma and ridicule from her […]

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Shango PHC: No Beds, No Light, No Hope

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 30, 2025

Fatima Muhammad, a 40-year-old mother of eight, recalled the night she pleaded with staff to keep the Shango Primary Health Care (PHC) facility open past closing hours, “my daughter collapsed, I had to beg them to stay open.” The narrowly escaped tragedy echoes the desperation of a community battling a crumbling healthcare system. With no […]

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Women’s Health is a Human Right That Must Be Fought and Won

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 28, 2025

Onyinye Oranezi and Zubaida Baba Ibrahim (Lead Writers)As you are reading this, Amina is in a remote village in Borno State, giving birth to her second child on a bare mat in a makeshift shelter. There is no nurse or access to clean water, no sterile equipment or electricity. Her baby might survive, but her […]

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